Places where Ravel lived and worked

Ravel lived at many addresses, especially as a young man. Until he was 41, he stayed with his family, who made frequent moves within Paris, or else stayed with friends for short periods. It was not until 1921 that he established his own home.

1875	12 rue du Quai Ciboure	Ravel was born in the far south-west of France in Ciboure near Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The address is now renamed and renumbered 27 quai Maurice Ravel.
Three months later the family moved to Paris, where for the next thirty years they occupied a series of apartments, mostly situated in neighbouring streets in Montmartre.
1875 – 1880	40 rue des Martyrs Paris, 9^e.
1880 – 1886	29 rue de Laval Paris, 9^e.	Rue de Laval is now renamed rue Victor Massé.
1886 – 1896	73 rue Pigalle Paris, 9^e.
1896 – 1899	15 rue Lagrange Paris, 5^e.	In 1896 the Ravel family made a departure for the Left Bank, before returning to Montmartre.
1899 – 1900	7 rue Fromentin Paris, 9^e.
1900 – 1901	40 bis, rue de Douai Paris, 9^e.
1901 – 1904	19 boulevard Péreire Paris, 17^e.
1904 – 1908	11 rue Chevallier Paris, Levallois-Perret	The automobile factory at which Ravel’s father and brother worked was situated in the suburb of Levallois-Perret in the north-west of Paris. Rue Chevallier is now renamed rue Louis Rouquier.
1908 – 1917	4 avenue Carnot Paris, 17^e.	Following the death of his father, Ravel moved with his mother and brother to an address near the Arc de Triomphe.
After the death of his mother in 1917, Ravel stayed at a number of addresses, in and out of Paris, sometimes with friends and sometimes in hotels.
1917 – 1920	Lyons-la-Forêt St. Cloud, Paris Mégève Lapras Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais
Occasionally	rue d’Athènes, Paris 9^e.
Finally in 1921, he bought a house of his own in a small town to the south-west of Paris.
1921 – 1937	Le Belvédère Montfort l’Amaury	Ravel’s delightful and unusual house has now become the Musée Ravel.
	Levallois-Perret	Ravel died in Paris, and was buried in the cemetery at Levallois-Perret.

Ravel also made an increasing number of trips abroad as his reputation grew. For details, see: Travels